Squier 40th Anniversary Neck Swap

[Almuzura]

Hello everybody. I bought 2 jazz basses of the brand new 40th Anniversary series. One of the two has blemishes on the neck, the other on the body. Do you think it's feasible to swap the neck so to have 1 good bass? Or would I incur in some sort of issues? Needles to say, the 2 basses are identical.

Thank you, cheers

 

[MonetBass]

You should be able to swap the necks no problem.

 

[Almuzura]

Thank you for you answer Monet So techically it can be done. Unfortunately, I realize that I might incur with an issue with the serial numbers as I decided to return the "less good" bass, which will then appear to have a mismatched neck.

 

[Ghastly]

Not sure that's true. The serial numbers are usually on the neck rather than the body, no?

 

[Almuzura]

Hello. That's right but one of the basses is red, the other one is white. And in the Q.C. label they put both the SN and the Color. That's very unfortunate.

 

[MonetBass]

If you plan to play it, it's not an issue. If you plan to sell it, then that's another story.

 

[Almuzura]

But if I send one back and seller reads white on the label on a red bass, I don't think they will reimburse me. Lol

Thank you anyways, guys. At least I know that from a technical point of view it is possible to do that.

Cheers,

 

[Almuzura]

Updates: I couldn't help it, I had to try swapping the necks as I want to keep one of the basses, or else, I would send them both back. So I removed the first neck and...it was marked with serial number and color in the "heel". So I gave up on the idea of swapping neck altogether. Cheers.

 

[dougjwray]

Well, what I would do is play both basses and see if one sounds really good and plays very well. Then, I'd keep that one, blemish or not.

 

[Almuzura]

I could do that with an Affinity bass, or a 300 to 400 $ bass, but not with a 600$ bass. It has scratches all along the binding, from filing down the frets, where the edge of the binding has actually been shaven off. One of the recess for the block inlays is too big compared to the inlay and so the space around it has been filled with wood filler, ligher in color than the laurel fretboard. The paint on the neck is uneven, especially on the head stock. No matter how good it sounds, this is unacceptable in this price range, and shouldn't pass the QC. My classic Vibe, which was cheaper, is much better than the 40th.